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mikemihalitsis.bsky.social
New paper titled ‘Functional novelties and behavioural flexibility underpin diversification of the surgeonfish feeding mechanism’. 🐟🐠
link: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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lec-reefs.bsky.social
New paper on coral reef restoration and recovery by @timlamont.bsky.social et al:

doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... 🪸
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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ruthedunn.bsky.social
New in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com: our review of the influence of #seabirds, via their nutrient transfer, on islands & adjacent marine ecosystems 🐦🏝️🪸

We highlight knowledge gaps & future directions ✨

"The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people": doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Schematic diagram of the influence of seabirds on temperate and tropical near-shore marine systems. Temperatre systems: - Nutrient enrichment and predation on herbivorous invertebrates can lead to increased algal production - Phytoplankton communities change, featuring more large-celled species - Intertidal organisms incorporate seabird-enriched material by grazing on detritus and biofilm in tidepools - Macroalgae biodiversity and primary production are boosted Tropical systems: - Mangrove leaf nutritional quality increases - Corals recover faster after bleaching events - Fish biomass increases across different trophic groups - Pelagic and benthic consumers' foraging behaviour shifts - Parrotfish grazing and bioerosion rates increase - Fish grow larger
October 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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timlamont.bsky.social
We're hiring! 🥳 Come and join our team in Lancaster - we're looking for two senior postdocs to work on corporate sustainability and restoration ecology. 🌳 🪸 ♻️ (1 of 2)
@lec-reefs.bsky.social @pentlandcentre.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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ruchakarkarey.bsky.social
Thrilled to be part of this new paper led by Mayukh Dey & Nature Conservation Foundation, summarizing 25 yrs of 🪸 reef resilience monitoring in Lakshadweep 🏝️ 🇮🇳

We find distinct recovery archetypes shaped by atoll location & coral assemblages

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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lljeannot.bsky.social
New paper out in Proceedings B! 🔊

Seabirds' impacts on reefs extends even to some of its tiniest inhabitants - cryptobenthic reef fishes 🐠
Near colonies, these fishes assimilate seabird nutrients (💩), grow larger 📈 & more at: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

@royalsocietypublishing.org
July 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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plosbiology.org
Cross-ecosystem nutrient fluxes can influence recipient food webs. @cbenkwitt.bsky.social &co's study of #NutrientSubsidies shows that dynamic metrics better revealed flow & effects of #seabird derived nutrients through #CoralReef food chains @lec-reefs.bsky.social @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/44RFyJk
Left: White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) flying near an island in the inner Seychelles. Seabirds provide key nutrient inputs to islands and nearby coral reefs, where they boost primary and secondary productivity. Right: Example herbivore exclusion cage used to measure algal turf productivity across a gradient of seabird nutrient inputs on coral reefs. Image credit: Casey Benkwitt.
July 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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plosbiology.org
How do cross-system subsidies shape the functioning of recipient #ecosystems? @sbtebbett.bsky.social explores a @plosbiology.org study revealing that #seabird -derived nutrients fuel primary producers on #CoralReefs, enhancing herbivore productivity 🧪 Paper: plos.io/44RFyJk Primer: plos.io/4lDpvo6
Cross-system connections can mediate the functioning of coral reefs via bottom-up control of productivity flowing through herbivorous trophic pathways. (a) Highly productive turf communities represent major primary producers on coral reefs (photograph: SB Tebbett). (b) Herbivorous fishes such as the turf cropping surgeonfish, Acanthurus lineatus, rely on the primary production of turfs to meet their nutritional needs (photograph: SB Tebbett). (c) A conceptual overview of the results of a new study in PLOS Biology by Benkwitt and colleagues [2] which quantified key ecosystem functions and demonstrated that seabird-derived nutrient supply can underpin strong cross-system connections between island ecosystems and adjacent coral reefs. Benkwitt and colleagues revealed that higher inputs of seabird nutrients fueled turf growth and indirectly enhanced the productivity of herbivorous fishes. (d) An alternative scenario where terrestrial sediment inputs underpin strong cross-system connections. However, in this case, sediments can limit turf growth and constrain herbivorous fish productivity [1,9]. These different scenarios underscore the importance of using a functional approach to quantify the strength of cross-system connections if we are to comprehensively understand how changing environmental conditions can have flow-on consequences for recipient ecosystems.
July 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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renatoamorais.bsky.social
Our new paper on the historical and scientific basis of Darwin’s ‘coral reef paradox’ is out @currentbiology.bsky.social! Summary below by @gobyone.bsky.social.

Also with @paulinenarvaez.bsky.social
@oclaripv.bsky.social
and Vale Parravicini!

Free-access link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lDFm3QW8S...
June 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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indianseabirdgroup.bsky.social
We are starting May with a fascinating talk from @jenniferappoo.bsky.social on the impacts of seabird-derived nutrients on mangrove ecosystems! Follow this link and set a reminder now! www.youtube.com/live/muPejoo... 🌏🪶 #WomenInSTEM #Seabirds #AcademicSky
May 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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james-robinson.bsky.social
NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans?

2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team

Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

#AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
Coral Reef in the Ras Mohanned Marine Park, Egypt. Credit: Alex Mustard / Ocean Image Bank
January 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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nickajgraham.bsky.social
Still hope for coral reefs. Using 28-years of data in Seychelles, we find reefs recovering 4-5 years faster from the 2016 bleaching event, than they did after 1998. Also, a reef that had regime-shifted to macroalgae for over 15 years, is recovering to coral.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Increased resilience and a regime shift reversal through repeat mass coral bleaching
Assessing coral reefs across the inner Seychelles islands, using a 28-year dataset, we document faster coral recovery from the 2016 than the 1998 marine heatwave events. Further, a reef that had regi....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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lec-reefs.bsky.social
The amazing @ruchakarkarey.bsky.social presents her work on squaretail grouper in Lakshadweep archipelago.

🐟First recorded aggregation in India
🐟Highest densities in the world
🐟 Emerging fisheries & fish trade
🐟 80% population decline
🐟 Less aggression, more fear

#RCUK2024
November 30, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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ruchakarkarey.bsky.social
Anish Paul talking about the role of predator-driven nutrients in facilitating herbivory on coral reefs.
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#RCUK2024
#coralreefs #India #Lakshadweep
@lec-reefs.bsky.social
#NCBSIndia
November 30, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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lec-reefs.bsky.social
We're at #RCUK2024! Ft.

@ruchakarkarey.bsky.social plenary on spawning grouper

@netlab.bsky.social on reef shark residency in El Nino

@lljeannot.bsky.social seabird nutrients and cryptobenthic fish

Visiting researchers Anish Paul on fish predation, Jane Sudrajat & Maserati on coral restoration
November 30, 2024 at 2:37 PM